Fred Pidgeon, Jim Wing, Jim Dalton, Jim Porter, Mike Girard, Jesse Braverman
The CDMSBL runs a standing Q&A series with its members, and the titles are as good as the idea. A sitdown with the comeback coach Jesse Braverman. A feeling for the game, with Fred Pidgeon. Taking a good look at the game, with Jim Wing. The stadium and the gang out back, with Jim Dalton. Whiz manager Jim Porter talks baseball. And Mike Girard.
It also profiled JJ Janetsky, a league member and an Amsterdam, New York police officer, under MSBL's First Responder banner.
No other league in this directory publishes a single interview. This one has a library of them, and they are the reason to read the site.
Rosters on High Cheese update as people sign and follow a player between clubs and seasons, so a man interviewed in 2026 has a record attached to the story.
Capital District MABL/MSBL in detail
- Albany baseball from 18 to 62 and up, for people looking for an alternative to softball.
- No fixture list renders, though the league promises regular play.
- A Divisions section, and no table that renders.
- One game is recorded in detail, and it was perfect.
- No batting or pitching figures render.
- A post office box in Albany and a phone number: 518-768-4606.
- Sign up now, all skill levels, 18 and over.
- A Fields section, for a league covering the Albany capital region.
- A Rules section, kept beside Divisions, Fields and Forms.
- A perfect game, a board announcement, and the league's only female player.
- No album renders.
- Nobody is thanked in public.
- Champions crowned in five divisions, listed by year.
- A Hall of Fame, and champions listed by division back through 2021.
- A board published, and announced fresh each January.
- Who can play and who to call are answered. Cost and dates are not.
- A Forms section in the main navigation.
- A board announced in January and a perfect game in May.
- Nothing is for sale.
- No crew or assignor is named.
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